Device for holding or supporting neckties



July 20 1926.

E. E. COLLINS DEVICE FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING NECKTIES Filed Sept. 28, 1925 Patented July 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD ERNEST COLLINS, OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING OR SUPPORTING NECKIIES.

Application filed September 28, 1925, Serial No. 59,215, and in Australia August 3, 1925.

This invention relates to a device for holding or supporting neck-ties.

It is common experience that ties tend to creep or to displace laterally. Ties are also 5 likely to sag, that is, to be displaced downwardly as compared with their original position.

The device forming the subject of the present invention will enable the foregoing disadvantages to be avoided. It will also enable the tie knot to be set and maintained in the forwardly protruding manner that is recognized as being aesthetically correct.

Although there are many forms of the invention, yet generically it consists of a de vice that is anchored to the collar stud and that also engages the tie.

In consequence,

eral embodiments thereof.

In these drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation illustrating one form of the invention in position.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation on a smaller scale of the device illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a form of the device suitable for use with bow ties.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of another form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, the

device includes a vertical member or post 10 which is bifurcated for anchoring to the collar stud 11. Attached to or integral with the vertical member 10 there is another member 12 that extends forwardly and downwardly so as to be capable of acting as a seat for the tie knot 13.

The form of the invention that is illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 includes a vertical member or post 10, one end of which is fashioned so as to be anchored to the stud. A horizontal member 14 is attached to or is integral with the post 10,

and each end of such horizontal member has a downward and forward extension 15 or 16. Its shape therefore resembles a human neck, shoulders and downwardly held arms that are bent forward from the elbows.

This form of the device is particularly suitable for use with bow ties. for the reason that the under portion of the knot will be guarded between the extensions 15 and 16, whereby creeping or lateral displacement is prevented.

The invention as illustrated in Fig. 5 comprises the combination of three elements, namely :-a vertical member or post 10 that can be anchored to the collar stud; a horizontal member 17 integral with or attached to the said post, such member being conveniently curved (in plan) so as to permit of its being held between the folds of a col lar; and a forwardly protruding member 12 conveniently in the form of a semi-sphere that will act as a seat for the tie knot.

Further modifications of the invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Such modifications will obviously be within the scope of my invention when they consist of device that is anchored to the collar stud and that also engages the tie.

The protruding member is preferably adjustable, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to permit any predetermined set of the tie knot being retained. Its face or edge may also be serrated, forked, or otherwise adapted positively to hold the tie knot.

In this specification the expression neck tie or tie will include the particular form thereof known as a bow tie. The knot of a. bow tie does not require to be protruded, for which reason the member 12 so functioning can be omitted from the device.

The device should preferably be made of flexible and pliable material. The foregoing requirements are eminentlv satisfied by many forms of sheet metal and metal wire. Nevertheless, I do not exclude the use of flexible nonmetallic materials.

1. A device for holding or supporting neck-ties comprising a post arranged to be anchored to the collar stud; a horizontal member fast thereto; and a forwardly bent arm at each end of the horizontal member.

2. A device for holding or supporting neckties comprising the combination of a Vertical member arranged to be anchored to the collar stud; a horizontal member fast thereto; and a forwardly protruding member that acts as a seat to bear under and support the tie knot.

Dated this 12th day of August, 1925.

EDlVAR-D ERNEST COLLINS. 

